react-native Buffer is not defined

[tjbenton]

When trying to use this library with react-native it throws the following error saying Buffer is not defined.

I know I can install buffer as a dependency but I would like to avoid adding another dependency to my project when we aren't using Buffer at all.

I resolved the error by adding the following to my code before I used deepExtend.

global.Buffer = global.Buffer || class Buffer {}

if you actually need the functionality for another library, install buffer as a dependency

global.Buffer = global.Buffer || require('buffer').Buffer

[vicapow]

this also affects client side code that doesn't have the Buffer polyfill. this recently caused issues in aurora-opensource/streetscape.gl#167

the fix should just be to check for buffer existing using typeof Buffer !== 'undefined' before using Buffer

[vicapow]

looks liked, based on #27
This module is not actively maintained

[ardok]

Was wondering about this. Will switch to lodash.merge instead